Over 176,500 young adults under 20 years old have one form of diabetes. One in every 400 to 600 children has type one diabetes, according to the National Diabetes Statistics Web site. Diabetes is just one of obesity related health problems among children and adults. Obesity also causes other health problems such as hypertension, heart attacks and high cholesterol. In 2004 obesity related deaths ranked number two, smoking came in first. By 2005 obesity related deaths was expected to pass smoking as the number one cause of death, according to Medscape.com.

Obesity rates among the poor reached a 147% increase in 2002 obesity according to medicinenet.com. This made those at the poverty level the fastest growing obesity group. Being obese for those at the poverty line is due to make circumstances which are out of their control. Some of the more common reasons why this group is so obese can be attributed to lack of exercise, food choices and no access to health food stores or supermarkets.

Junk food can rightfully take its place as one of the many causes of overweight and obesity, not because it’s necessarily bad, but because people, especially children, are eating it too often.

Obesity is a condition that afflicts people all over the world. Why is it called a condition? Well, it leads to many other health conditions that can be debilitating or deadly. In other words, the health problems associated with obesity are numerous and nothing to sneeze at. Take this into consideration: Someone who is overweight by 40% is two times more likely to die than someone who is of an average weight.

Being overweight or obese is harmful to those who suffer from it, because it lowers self-esteem, increases chances of health risks and makes a person have a hard time performing physical activities. There really is no such thing as a perfect and easy weight loss system. There are however, a number of systems that have been proven to help lose weight healthily.